tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50182184171442496462024-03-15T04:11:11.581+13:00Montessori@MatakanaA class blog for Room 15Montessori@Matakanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15122281390044982253noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018218417144249646.post-63897909127454209142016-06-30T22:09:00.001+12:002016-06-30T22:09:25.678+12:00NZ Curriculum Online<a href="http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/">NZ Curriculum</a>Montessori@Matakanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15122281390044982253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018218417144249646.post-50187614920741627252016-06-23T21:26:00.001+12:002016-06-23T21:27:45.610+12:00Shakira - Try Everything <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/c6rP-YP4c5I" width="480"></iframe>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018218417144249646.post-32335929247026669532016-06-16T22:40:00.001+12:002016-06-16T22:40:47.273+12:00Paradise - Waimarie Smith<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mlHyZyUR4EA" width="480"></iframe>Montessori@Matakanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15122281390044982253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018218417144249646.post-70691680785944388332016-06-16T22:34:00.001+12:002016-06-16T22:34:22.941+12:00We are Aotearoa by Hannah Milo & Ella Dale<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YDZsOMM2Y38" width="480"></iframe>Montessori@Matakanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15122281390044982253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018218417144249646.post-9708649251932736192016-06-16T21:35:00.005+12:002016-06-21T09:01:19.667+12:00Nibbles and Pickles Update<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018218417144249646.post-32698341669618497192016-06-16T21:29:00.001+12:002016-06-16T22:28:11.737+12:00Te Aroha<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uefJdSCkzPo" width="459"></iframe><br />
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This is a beautiful song that we sang this afternoon to conclude our farewell ceremony to Elizabeth and William.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "roboto"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hi and welcome to our garden we are the Head Gardeners. Our goal is is to plant,harvest and cook with the food from the garden we might even sell our crops for fundraising.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "roboto"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meet the Head Gardeners.</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "roboto"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hi, I will be writing this blog.My goal for the garden is to be able sell and/or use them in our cooking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "pinyon script"; font-size: 24px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hi, I am a Head Gardener I enjoy my role as a Head Gardener as I get to co-operate with the other students in my class.My goal is to have a beautiful garden.</span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018218417144249646.post-84096559652220136352016-06-09T15:28:00.000+12:002016-06-09T15:28:25.277+12:00Science and Technology Day in Room15<h2>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This term our science day took a Montessori twist - following the interests and strengths of our whanau members, seeing tuakana working with teina and sharing their robotics skills...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For sharing their own knowledge and time with a group of students who built online rockets!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that align with the interests of groups and individuals were explored. This was a great opportunity for students to remember past learning and apply their knowledge as they shared with newer members of our whanau...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The newest members of our whanau were able to join us today on our journey and we look forward to the contribution they will bring to our learning.</span><br />
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Montessori@Matakanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15122281390044982253noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018218417144249646.post-43418073459169941592016-05-30T21:58:00.003+12:002016-05-30T21:58:19.638+12:00Theme Week - Matariki<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today, in Rm15, our main focus was on Matariki. Here is a snapshot into today's morning work cycle.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Visual art and geography combined to arouse interest about NZ Maori place names for these students. They got talking about Stewart Island and if that was a Maori name and that perhaps they could come up with a good Maori name for it.</span></td></tr>
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Students looked at their own mihi and pepeha (an introductory 'speech' - based on whakapapa - recited during mihimihi).</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mattie worked on a visual art / 3D creation to represent his interpretation of Matariki. When the students shared their 'work in progress' this afternoon a teina student commented to Mattie how "inspiring' his work was.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">There was a special report that TV3 aired last night (click on the link below to watch the catch up). It is thought provoking and timely with reports about to be given out. It's important that we as Montessorians understand the impact testing and assessment has on our children and their psychological and emotional wellbeing. Comparing our children at all is wrong let alone comparing them to 'national standards'. </span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Why, when we are reporting to parents, do we only tell them about their child's achievements in regards to reading , writing and mathematics? What about all the other equally, if not more important, learning areas? The Arts - music, visual art, drama, dance, sciences, geography, history, gardening, cooking... </span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Maria Montessori was all about 'following the child' in doing so this enables children to work on what interests them and at their own pace. So, if you get a report and see 'Below, At and Above' please be mindful that this is a snapshot of your child's achievement in a given test and at a point in time against a national standard which has nothing to do with their own personal growth and development which is as individualised as each of us is unique.</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">If I was asked what the purpose of education in the 21st Century is I would say to help every child develop essential skills that already exist within and to master the creative learning process to develop the skills essential for success. </span></span></h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We all enjoyed the impromptu violin concert from Katya. </span></td></tr>
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018218417144249646.post-6930059511040928352016-05-22T22:38:00.000+12:002016-05-22T22:38:00.269+12:00Photos 2016We have uploaded the recent classroom photos onto the website, please see <a href="http://www.montessori-matakana.co.nz/galleries/2016-classroom-term-2/">http://www.montessori-matakana.co.nz/galleries/2016-classroom-term-2/</a><br />
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Thank you Michelle Moir for these wonderful pictures.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018218417144249646.post-82530983558916772752016-05-21T17:02:00.001+12:002016-05-21T17:03:08.440+12:00Previous NewslettersWe are rearranging a few things on the website. As part of optimizing the menus and content I have removed the For Parents / Newsletters menu.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018218417144249646.post-9026244091494564622016-05-07T09:47:00.000+12:002016-06-16T22:30:33.353+12:00NZ Music Month<span style="font-size: large;">May is NZ Music Month.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you want to know more about Waimarie who composed and sang the 2013 winning Hook Line and Sing-along song then check this clip out:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://youtu.be/RxdTfsUncLs">https://youtu.be/RxdTfsUncLs</a></span>Montessori@Matakanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15122281390044982253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018218417144249646.post-36286791249986881982016-05-06T12:40:00.001+12:002016-06-16T22:30:33.351+12:00NZ National Anthem in NZ Sign Language, Maori & English<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3YP4e7cOKz25eGEcZXx1T0D26AevHTbDFqDjdfrI2gkIIYtOgGNdxk1t4FKGGJFjWZxZdgEq2rVqu0ZCwTnecb7TrG2AR3Nn9TQV7dYGGJZc_On1cPZxA6KgzfS9bPcyzLnUbfq2rk8/s1600/NZSLW2016_Website_Logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3YP4e7cOKz25eGEcZXx1T0D26AevHTbDFqDjdfrI2gkIIYtOgGNdxk1t4FKGGJFjWZxZdgEq2rVqu0ZCwTnecb7TrG2AR3Nn9TQV7dYGGJZc_On1cPZxA6KgzfS9bPcyzLnUbfq2rk8/s640/NZSLW2016_Website_Logo.jpg" width="419" /></a>Next week is NZ Sign Language Week.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">At this term's Parent Class Meeting we shared the following inspiring video clip. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youcubed.org/four-boosting-math-messages-from-jo-and-her-students/">Four Boosting Math Messages</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We shared the same video clip with the students in Rm15 today and it was wonderful hearing the discussions that followed. Please take the time to view it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The students wrote to themselves on the last day of term, addressed their envelops and we all walked into the village to experience posting a letter the 'old fashion' way. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Luka made a guess that it would take three days for his letter to arrive. He checked every day and was so excited when it finally got to him! </span></div>
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<br />Montessori@Matakanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15122281390044982253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018218417144249646.post-40315416167244456412016-04-15T01:49:00.000+12:002016-04-15T01:49:01.775+12:00Term 1 Open Session<span style="font-size: large;">What a wonderful turn out of parents and grandparents to Rm15's Open Session. We were very proud of the students who eagerly shared their work, cooked, presented plays and gave robotic demonstrations. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks boys for decorating the classroom with beautiful flowers from our garden today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The morning was such a hive of activity that no photos were taken to capture the moments. Instead I would like to share photos I took of the classroom after the students had packed up their work and done their daily jobs. I hope you are able to feel the sense of pride that the students have for their environment, evident in the way they left their classroom at lunch time.</span><br />
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Montessori@Matakanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15122281390044982253noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018218417144249646.post-60516969464742454442016-04-06T00:12:00.001+12:002016-04-06T00:12:05.357+12:00Robotics UpdatesThe team is going to participate in the FLL (FIRST LEGO League) Challenge this year. Here are some updates so you are in the know and can talk about it with your children.<br />
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<b>The Date</b><br />
The tournament will be held on Saturday 3rd September 2016 at ACG Strathallan (South Auckland). Please check your other sports/activities as it would be extremely sad to lose key team members to a hockey game or something like that. Please let me know if you child cannot attend the event so we can plan around it.<br />
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The NZ site http://kiwifirst.org/events/fll-events-in-new-zealand<br />
International site http://www.firstlegoleague.org/challenge<br />
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<b>This Year's FLL</b><br />
Each year the event has a different topic. This year the topic is Trash Trek. It is about minimizing waste/recycling/cleaning up etc. There are two parts: The Project and the Robot Game.<br />
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The team needs to select some problem related to the challenge topic and propose a solution. The team should present the solution to the judges at the event.<br />
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Mrs Kirk has kindly agreed to oversee the children working on The Project. The idea is that such research work and then work to prepare and deliver a presentation fits well into the school and Montessori curriculum and thus can be done during class time.<br />
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We have received a LEGO set for this year's robot game. Last 3 or 4 sessions the team was busy building the models for the game and learning about the missions. Most of the models are now complete.<br />
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There are 12 missions in the game. The team can attempt as many as they could. Each successful mission brings some points. The children picked the missions they wanted to work on.<br />
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The game runs on a specially designed table with a special mat. In each mission the robot needs to interact with one or more models on the field and achieve some outcome.<br />
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All models and missions are related to this year's challenge topic Trash Trek. Here are some of the missions you can hear about from your children:<br />
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<li>Building demolition</li>
<li>Sorting</li>
<li>Composting</li>
<li>Transport</li>
<li>Repurposing</li>
<li>Salvaging valueables</li>
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Unpacking the challenge set.</div>
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Some robots already can go into action.<br />
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Building the models. These are containers for sorting different types of trash and recycling.<br />
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Building the Car. The mission is for the robot to recycle (put away) or refurbish the car.<br />
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Building the Sorter. Looks like the most complex model in the set, it will sort different types of bricks.<br />
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The game table and the mission instructions.<br />
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